Ethical, moral, and legal issues of using technology in instruction
ETHICS
Acceptable Use Policy
Educators shall use and provide students opportunities to use innovative, purposeful technologies to enhance the quality of instruction. Students should be explicitly taught the school’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and monitored as closely as possible to ensure fidelity to the policy. Schools should adopt a clear and consistent AUP, in which members of the outside school community have given input—offering the best opportunities for children to learn via technology with the greatest degree of safety possible.
With regards to the Internet, and its accompanying Web 2.0 technologies, at the younger grades, safety should take priority in the AUP, and at the middle and high school level, teacher training and monitoring should be prioritized to ensure students’ ethical and responsible self-regulation on the Internet. Included in this training and monitoring, educators and students should collectively commit to respect intellectual property online through accurately citing information obtained on the Internet.
Access All students shall have equal access to technology to enhance and optimize instruction.
Safety Educators should uphold student confidentiality as the highest priority (as laid out in FERPA). Schools should enable filters and password protection to maintain privacy and safety in use of technologies, including the Internet. All members of the educational community should take care of the collective technology resources provided to the school.
Online Etiquette Students shall be instructed on how to respect others and communicate with other persons online in a meaninful and respectful manner. Strict rules and consecuences will be upheld by teachers and administrators on this issue.
Parents can assist technology safe use by supporting an ethical, moral and legal oversight using home based strategies. By monitoring their children's computer technology use in in a proactive manner, parents engage in a compatible rubric which reinforces the learning objectives set at school with repetition and reinforcement in the family environment. Parents will also have access to Internet Safety Courses throughout a school's district. Such courses, will be available to assist parents in understanding the different technological tools available to students and their safety precautions.
Ethical, moral, and legal issues of using technology in instruction
ETHICS
Acceptable Use Policy
Educators shall use and provide students opportunities to use innovative, purposeful technologies to enhance the quality of instruction. Students should be explicitly taught the school’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and monitored as closely as possible to ensure fidelity to the policy. Schools should adopt a clear and consistent AUP, in which members of the outside school community have given input—offering the best opportunities for children to learn via technology with the greatest degree of safety possible.
With regards to the Internet, and its accompanying Web 2.0 technologies, at the younger grades, safety should take priority in the AUP, and at the middle and high school level, teacher training and monitoring should be prioritized to ensure students’ ethical and responsible self-regulation on the Internet. Included in this training and monitoring, educators and students should collectively commit to respect intellectual property online through accurately citing information obtained on the Internet.
Access
All students shall have equal access to technology to enhance and optimize instruction.
Safety
Educators should uphold student confidentiality as the highest priority (as laid out in FERPA). Schools should enable filters and password protection to maintain privacy and safety in use of technologies, including the Internet. All members of the educational community should take care of the collective technology resources provided to the school.
Online Etiquette
Students shall be instructed on how to respect others and communicate with other persons online in a meaninful and respectful manner. Strict rules and consecuences will be upheld by teachers and administrators on this issue.
LEGAL ISSUES
FERPA
Curriculum to Follow:
Connecticut English/Language Arts Curriculum Framework (2008): http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/word_docs/curriculum/language_arts/csde_pk_8_elacurriculumstandards_edited.doc
Connecticut Math Curriculum Framework (2007): http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/word_docs/curriculum/PK_8_MATH_GLEs_10_24_07_EDITED.doc
Connecticut Science Curriculum Framework (2008):http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/curriculum/sciencek-8_sciencecurriculumstandards8-08.pdf
Connecticut Social Studies Curriculum Framework (DRAFT 2008): http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/curriculum/socialstudies/ssfrmwkchrt_11_25_08.pdf
PARENTAL HOME SURVEILLANCE
Parents can assist technology safe use by supporting an ethical, moral and legal oversight using home based strategies. By monitoring their children's computer technology use in in a proactive manner, parents engage in a compatible rubric which reinforces the learning objectives set at school with repetition and reinforcement in the family environment. Parents will also have access to Internet Safety Courses throughout a school's district. Such courses, will be available to assist parents in understanding the different technological tools available to students and their safety precautions.http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~kkcampbell/safety/parents.htm